American heavy-metal band, GWAR have announced they will be bringing their Use Your Collusion tour to the U.K and Europe later this year. Canada’s Voivod will join the band as the main supporting act throughout the entirety of the tour, forming a heavy-metal supergroup.
Starting in Germany on 22nd November, the 21-day tour will pass through 11 European countries and includes 5 dates in the U.K. In true GWAR fashion, expect to experience highly offensive lyrics, gore and out of this world costumes as they aim to take over Europe from beyond the galaxy this winter. Speaking on the upcoming tour, guitarist Brent Purgason a.k.a Pustulus Maximus states, “GWAR has waited long enough to terrorise youth across the pond. What better way to spend a winter than pillaging and copulating across Europe.”
Hailing from Richmond, Virginia the satirical band was founded in 1984 and formed through a creative collective of artists, filmmakers and musicians called Slave Pit Inc. who manage to bring their extraordinary vision to life. The visual aesthetics encompass that of mythological alien warriors combined with deep-rooted sexual fetishes. During their shows, they touch on everything from political satire to acts of controversial scatology. Their last album and supporting the tour is The Blood Of Gods which was released back in 2017 and peaked at #13 on the Billboard US Top Hard Rock Albums.
In 2014 the group’s frontman Dave Brockie passed away at the age of 50 due to acute heroin toxicity. Being the last of the original-founding members, the band keeps the GWAR heritage alive by using a continual rotation of musicians from Slave Pit Inc. For their U.K and European tour the band will consist of the following artists:
Michael Bishop as The Berserker Blóthar: Lead Vocals
Casey Orr as Beefcake the Mighty: Bass Guitar, Vocals
Brent Purgason as Pustulus Maximus: Lead Guitar, Vocals
Mike Derks as BälSäc the Jaws ‘o Death: Rhythm Guitar, Vocals
Brad Roberts as JiZMak da Gusha: Drums
Bob Gorman as Bonesnapper: Vocals
Matt Maguire as Sawborg Destructo: Vocals
The Use Your Collusion U.K & European Tour dates and venues are shown below and you can purchase your tickets through the official GWAR website www.gwar.net.
22/11/2019 – Matrix – Bochum, Germany
23/11/ – Le Forum – Vaureal, France
24/11/ – MS Connexion – Mannheim, Germany
26/11/ – Live Music Hall – Cologne, Germany
27/11/ – De Kruen – Kortrijk, Belgium
28/11/ – 013 KZ – Tilburg, Netherlands
30/11/ – Club Academy – Manchester, United Kingdom
01/12/ – The Garage – Glasgow, United Kingdom
02/12/ – Steel Mill – Wolverhampton, United Kingdom
03/12/ – Riverside – Newcastle, United Kingdom
04/12/ – Islington Academy – London, United Kingdom
05/12/ – Zappa – Antwerp, Belgium
06/12/ – Schlachthof – Bremen, Germany
07/12/ – Pumpehuset – Copenhagen, Denmark
08/12/ – Festsaal Kreuzberg – Berlin, Germany
09/12/ – Meet Factory – Prague, Czech Republic
10/12/ – Masters of Rock Café – Ziln, Czech Republic
11/12/ – Explosiv – Graz, Austria
12/12/ – Kino Siska – Ljubljana, Slovenia
13/12/ – Rock Planet – Pinarella di Cervia, Italy
14/12/ – Komplex – Zurich, Switzerland
